Reviews

Rated 3.5 / 5 stars2012-01-30 14:27:52

Nothing novel, but enjoyable.

Played the game to completion and I thought it was well put together. The choice between shooting the baddies and fixing your friends up or your ship is always a fun one.

One thing that didn't make sense. When you killed an alien, it gave you money that you could take to the "shop" and buy better weapons. Wouldn't it make more sense if they dropped some sort of element instead so that you could make weapons instead? I don't really see a friendly shop existing on that planet. Besides that, the upgrade system was pretty well done.

Rated 2.5 / 5 stars2012-01-30 14:19:10

Good design, but it had some serious flaws.

The first and foremost being that when you die and start again the abilities you took during your last playthrough are still checked off, but you don't receive the bonuses for them. For example, if you chose the regeneration ability, you won't be able to chose it again, but your health will regenerate at the standard speed. This basically means that unless you beat the game without ever dying, you don't have access to most of the perks that should be available.

The teleportation was buggy as well. At least half a dozen times I killed all the enemies in the area but the teleporter didn't work, so I just had to wait for the next wave and try again.

Overall it was a pretty cool game, but the bugs definitely limited my enjoyment.